I really don’t understand the point behind speed cameras. You see, they put them at junctions and accident blackspots etc. So these are places where they had lots of accidents in the past before they put a camera up. Then, in their infinite wisdom they put up a speed camera. Now most people don’t really want to get caught for speeding (or anything for that mater) and as we all tend to let our speed creep as we have other things to worry about we all almost always focus intently on our speed as we come up to cameras. So now we have a dangerous place with everyone focusing on their speed and specifically their speedometers. Now burying your head in the dash strikes me as a very good way to well, err, bury your head in the dash. Now the most odd part is the government admit, it really doesn’t make much money from the things. It’s like those thing that tell you your speed. As soon as they flash up “SLOW DOWN” people do… BY JABBING THE BREAKS!

Now I will admit, I have been caught speeding in the past by a camera. I can’t complain I was caught, I was going over the limit and I cant make too much excuses for it, however I can say one thing. I was caught because I was too busy focusing on traffic. Had I noticed the camera then that concentration would have no doubt shifted to the camera.